North-Central Section - 38th Annual Meeting (April 1–2, 2004)

Session No. 6
Thursday, 1 April 2004: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM

Paleontology

 

Fransica E. Oboh-Ikuenobe and James Farlow, Chairs
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1:00 PM
NEW VERTEBRATE FOSSILS FROM THE PIPE CREEK SINKHOLE (LATEST HEMPHILLIAN, GRANT COUNTY, INDIANA)
FARLOW, James1, RICHARDS, Ronald2, GARNIEWICZ, Rex2, WEPLER, William3, HOLMAN, J. Alan4, MARTIN, Robert5 and SUNDERMAN, Jack1, (1)Department of Geosciences, Indiana-Purdue Univ, Fort Wayne, IN 46805, (2)Indiana State Museum, Indianapolis, IN 46204, (3)Indiana State Museum, Indianapolis, IN, (4)Michigan State Univ, East Lansing, MI 48824, (5)Department of Biological Sciences, Murray State Univ, Murray, KY 42071, farlow@ipfw.edu, farlow@ipfw.edu
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1:20 PM
A TAPHONOMIC STUDY OF CLARENDONIAN (MIOCENE) TELEOCERAS (PERISSODACTYLA, RHINOCEROTOIDEA) FROM THE OGALLALA FORMATION NORTHWESTERN KANSAS
BARTLEY, Katherine J., Geology, State Univ of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14222, orion9@vaxxine.com, orion9@vaxxine.com
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1:40 PM
PALEOENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS OF PALYNOMORPHS FROM THE PORTERS CREEK CLAY FORMATION (LATE PALEOCENE) OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
EIFERT, Tambra L. and OBOH-IKUENOBE, Francisca E., Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Missouri-Rolla, McNutt Hall, Rolla, MO 65401, eifertt@umr.edu, eifertt@umr.edu
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2:00 PM
DINOSAURIA AND ASSOCIATED VERTEBRATE FAUNA OF THE LATE CRETACEOUS CHRONISTER SITE OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
FIX, Michael F., Physics, Univ of Missouri - St. Louis, 8001 Natural Bridge Rd, Normandy, MO 63121 and DARROUGH, Guy E., 2075 Rosedale Ct, Arnold, MO 63010, phymfix@admiral.umsl.edu, phymfix@admiral.umsl.edu
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2:20 PM
MODELS OF EPERIC SEAWAY CONNECTIONS: MIDDLE CRETACEOUS OF THE U.S. WESTERN INTERIOR
OBOH-IKUENOBE, Francisca E., Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, MO 65409, SCOTT, Robert W., RR3 Box 103-3, Cleveland, OK 74020, HOLBROOK, John M., Geosciences, Southeast Missouri State Univ, 1 University Plz, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701-4710, EVETTS, Michael J., 1227 Venice Street, Longmont, CO 80501, AKINS, Stavena L., Department of Geosciences, Southeast Missouri State Univ, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701 and BENSON Jr, Don G., 1522 Ehlinger Road, Fayetteville, TX 78940, Ikuenobe@umr.edu, Ikuenobe@umr.edu
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2:40 PM
ENIGMATIC ORGANIC-WALLED MICROFOSSILS FROM THE PENNSYLVANIAN (MISSOURIAN AND VIRGILIAN) OF IOWA, MISSOURI, KANSAS, AND OKLAHOMA
POPE, John P., Geology/Geography, Northwest Missouri State Univ, 800 University Drive, Maryville, MO 52242, jppope@mail.nwmissouri.edu, jppope@mail.nwmissouri.edu
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3:00 PM
CONODONT BIOSTRATIGRAPHY OF LOWER AND MIDDLE PENNSYLVANIAN STRATA IN THE TYPE AREA OF THE DERRYAN SERIES, SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO
BROWN, Lewis M.1, REXROAD, Carl B.2, MERRILL, Glen K.3, MONTAGUE, Kimberly E.1 and GRAYSON, Robert C.4, (1)Department of Geology and Physics, Lake Superior State Univ, Sault Ste. Marie, MI 47983, (2)Indiana Geological Survey, 611 North Walnut Grove, Bloomington, IN 47405, (3)Univ Houston - Downtown, 1 Main St, Houston, TX 77002-1014, (4)Verizon, 2621 Brandywine Dr, Carrollton, TX 75007, lbrown@lssu.edu, lbrown@lssu.edu
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3:20 PM
CONODNT BIOSTRATIGRAPHY NEAR THE MISSISSIPPIAN/PENNSYLVANIAN SYSTEM BOUNDARY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY
BROWN, Lewis M., Department of Geology and Physics, Lake Superior State Univ, Sault Ste Marie, MI 49783, MAY, Michael T., Dept. of Geography and Geology, Western Kentucky Univ, 1 Big Red Way, Bowling Green, KY 42101, REXROAD, Carl B., Indiana Geol Survey, Bloomington, IN, 47405 and LAPORTE, Dan, Department of Geology and Physics, Lake Superior State Univ, Lake Superior State University, Sault Ste Marie, MI 49783, lbrown@lssu.edu, lbrown@lssu.edu
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3:40 PM
PHYLOGENETIC INTERPRETATION AND TAXONOMY OF CLIMACOGRAPTID GRAPTOLITES (DIPLOGRAPTACEA)
MITCHELL, Charles E.1, CONE, Miles R.1 and GOLDMAN, Daniel2, (1)Geology, Univ. at Buffalo, SUNY, 876 Natural Science Complex, Buffalo, NY 14260, (2)Univ Dayton, 300 College Park, Dayton, OH 45469-2364, cem@nsm.buffalo.edu, cem@nsm.buffalo.edu
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4:00 PM
A PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF THE ORTHOGRAPTINAE (EARLY LATE ORDOVICIAN GRAPTOLITHINA)
KLOSTERMAN, Susan L., Department of Geological Sciences, Wright State Univ, 1640 Colonel Glenn Hwy, Dayton, OH 45435, GOLDMAN, Daniel, Geology, Univ of Dayton, 300 College Park, Dayton, OH 45469 and MITCHELL, Charles, Dept. of Geology, SUNY at Buffalo, 876 Natural Sciences Complex, Buffalo, NY 14260, Sue.Klosterman@notes.udayton.edu, Sue.Klosterman@notes.udayton.edu
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4:20 PM
GRAPTOLITE PLASTIC SURGERY: A CASE STUDY IN SHAPE RECONSTRUCTION OF DEFORMED GRAPTOLITE SPECIMENS
DUNLAVEY, Tammy1, MITCHELL, Charles E.1 and SHEETS, H. David2, (1)Geology, SUNY at Buffalo, 876 Natural Science Complex, Buffalo, NY 14260, (2)Physics, Canisius College, Buffalo, NY 14208, dunlavey@buffalo.edu, dunlavey@buffalo.edu
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4:40 PM
LICHENLIKE DUBIOFOSSILS FROM SANDSTONE COBBLES FROM THE MISSOURI OZARKS
STINCHCOMB, Bruce Leonard, Geology/Physics, St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley, 3400 Pershall Road, Ferguson, MO 63135, BSmonoplac@CS.com, BSmonoplac@CS.com